How To Write A Proposal To Get Freelance Work

Written by Angela Booth


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How do you approachrepparttar business?

Go to Better Whois, at http://www.betterwhois.com/ and getrepparttar 106206 business owner's contact details.

Now you're going to fax, mail or email a message.

Let's say you've decided to emailrepparttar 106207 manager ofrepparttar 106208 business. Your message's Subject line could be: "Proposal ---Web site proofing".

Because of allrepparttar 106209 spam onrepparttar 106210 Internet, you're going to make it clear that although this is unsolicited, it's a normal business communication, not a message that you're firing out at random to a thousand businesses onrepparttar 106211 Web.

Constructrepparttar 106212 message as you would a postal letter, withrepparttar 106213 name ofrepparttar 106214 owner or manager,repparttar 106215 business name, andrepparttar 106216 date onrepparttar 106217 first few lines.

Next comesrepparttar 106218 salutation: "Dear Mr Smith".

Introduce yourself immediately.

"My name is John Brown. I'm an independent writer. I visited your Web site at _________."

At this point, make some kind and generous comments aboutrepparttar 106219 site, to that show that you've actually visited it. Say anything you like here, as long as it's a compliment.

Then describerepparttar 106220 problem --- mentionrepparttar 106221 typos, in other words. DON'T be explicit. Don't mention whererepparttar 106222 typos are. (You're looking for work, remember.)

Outlinerepparttar 106223 solution: you can proofrepparttar 106224 site content.

Tell Mr Brown why you'rerepparttar 106225 person to handlerepparttar 106226 proofing.

Tell Mr Brown how to contact you.

Closerepparttar 106227 message inrepparttar 106228 usual way.

Add all your contact details: phone, fax, and address.

By addressing your email message clearly, and putting in all your contact details, you've established that you're not a spam artist. You're a business person sending a proposal.

Great! You've written your first proposal. Now go and write another one. And another one after that.

Proposals are great fun to write, and no matter what kind of work you're after, they will get you more work than you can handle.

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Australian author, journalist and copywriter Angela Booth has been writing professionally for over twenty years. She writes business books and copy for businesses.


DO YOU KNOW YOUR 'WORK-STYLE'?

Written by Rhoberta Shaler


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Problems arise when a person whose main concern is happy relationships is asked to move into a position where they will have little interaction with others. Or, a person who prefers searching for facts is required to move into sales. Sometimes, folks are asked to move into managerial positions when they are far happier being employees. Consider this scenario. Kevin was a ten-year employee with a manufacturing firm. Everyone loved Kevin. He was personable, friendly and easy to get along with in his positions as both an employee and a project leader.

After he was promoted to project manager, Kevin found that he was feeling anxious more often and folks seemed to be a little less friendly towards him. He thought it might improve with time, but it did not. Kevin was concerned and felt great internal conflict while trying to keep everyone happy: his boss, his leaders, his customers and his staff. The more managerial decisions required of him,repparttar greaterrepparttar 106205 conflict he felt. His health was suffering and his disappointment was growing. Here he thought that he had been rewarded with this promotion and yet he began to dread going to work each morning.

What was happening? Kevin's greatest driver at work was his relationships. Being able to see needs and fill them, to nurture relationships, to keep his finger onrepparttar 106206 'people pulse' ofrepparttar 106207 organization was fulfilling to him. He did it very well and it had its own rewards. As a manager, he was asked to be more oriented to deadlines and bottom lines than to interpersonal relationships. Sometimes he had to make unpopular decisions. He hated that. It flew inrepparttar 106208 face of his great need to maintain and retain healthy relationships. Kevin was simply inrepparttar 106209 wrong position.

Kevin suffered from an internal work-style war. He may have wanted and deservedrepparttar 106210 promotion, however, it wasrepparttar 106211 wrong one for him. To be effective as a manager in that situation, he would have to stretch his style greater than his comfort zone. He could well be an effective manager in another situation.

In my consulting and training work, I have an excellent, new instrument that quickly assesses work-style. It is so efficient that it is taken online in seven minutes with immediate feedback by email. This has made a great difference to many work groups. A great feature is thatrepparttar 106212 instrument* was developed inrepparttar 106213 workplace by consultants working to turn around over two hundred companies onrepparttar 106214 brink of bankruptcy. It is practical and proven to make a positive impact onrepparttar 106215 ways people work...and, work together.

As you think about your needs and motivators, what comes to mind? When you clearly know what those needs are you can assess your current career path. Takerepparttar 106216 time to investigate. You could be happier, healthier, more effective and productive. Know and honor your preferred work-style.

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